The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Yum China Holdings Inc shares valued at $202,359 were sold by Zhang Leila on Mar 14 ’25. At $50.59 per share, Zhang Leila sold 4,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 52,075 shares worth approximately $2.32 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Wat Joey sold 37,252 shares, netting a total of over 1,851,667 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $49.71 each, the insider now holds 382,657 shares.
Before that, Wat Joey had added 37,252 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $1,851,665, the Officer bought Yum China Holdings Inc shares for $49.71 each.
As published in a research note from Daiwa Securities on April 09, 2025, Yum China Holdings Inc [YUMC] has been rated up from an Outperform to a Buy. Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early November. As of August 06, 2024, Macquarie has increased its “an Underperform” rating to a “an Outperform” for YUMC. Earlier on December 19, 2023, Deutsche Bank initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for YUMC stock.
Analyzing YUMC Stock Performance
On last trading session, Yum China Holdings Inc [NYSE: YUMC] plunged -0.04% to $44.58. The stock’s lowest price that day was $44.33, but it reached a high of $44.875 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.13%. Over the course of the year, Yum China Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 32.80%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $53.99 on 03/19/25 and a 52-week low of $41.00 on 04/17/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 44.31, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 44.03. In the upper region, resistance lies at 44.87. The next price resistance is at 45.15. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 44.12 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Yum China Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Yum China Holdings Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-15 dropping by -0.61 million shares to 6.33 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 6.93 million shares. A decline of -9.58% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.48 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.48.
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In terms of Yum China Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 56 in the next 12 months, up nearly 25.56% from the previous closing price of $44.6. Analysts anticipate Yum China Holdings Inc stock to reach 123 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 37.4. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Yum China Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 22, 2023, Jefferies assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $71.30.
